Periodic three dimensional illusion in color

ABSTRACT

The combination of a truly realistic three dimensional real image in color and a second device to produce a repetitive passage of a solid object through the real image creates the illusion of one solid body passing through another. A simple method of accomplishing this is to mount a clockworks with a pendulum over or under the image and allow a pendulum end to pass periodically through the real image. Other means such as a device running on a circular track could accomplish the same illusory effect. The pendulum end or the device can take various forms as can the real image. In principle the designs are not limited in size. Further, an amusement ride is contemplated by directing a track with a vehicle and a rider in the vehicle at the proper angle toward the real image creating an exciting visual moment passing through the apparently solid object.

CONTINUATION DATA

This application claims priority from and the benefit of a U.S.Provisional Application 60/971,803 filed on Sep. 12, 2007, and aprovisional application of this name filed Sep. 12, 2008 having Ser. No.61/096,738.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention is a form of novelty device where an interactinghologram-type three dimensional colored real image is intersectedperiodically with a moving solid object for the consumer, retail orindustrial market where the periodic visually surprising illusion servesas an attention attracting display. An amusement ride is alsocontemplated.

2. Summary of the Invention

The combination of a three dimensional hologram-like real image in colorand a second device to produce a repetitive passage of a solid objectthrough the real image creates the illusion of one solid body passingthrough another. A simple method of accomplishing this is to mount aclockworks with a pendulum over or under the image and allow a pendulumend to pass periodically through the real image. Other means such as adevice running on a circular track could accomplish the same illusoryeffect. The pendulum end or the device can take various forms as can thereal image. In principle the designs are not limited in size.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various methods of creating in color a hologram-like real image or ahologram exist, and such images can be used to create unusual displaysof a scale measurement or digital time or the like. However there hasnot been a sale or publication of an attempt to capitalize on theassembled mechanical combination of such hologram-like real images withintersecting moving real mechanical assemblies or parts or animals toprovide surprising illusions where one solid body appears to passperiodically and repetitively through another to attract viewerattention in three dimensional retail, entertainment, household orindustrial displays. Most importantly, there has not been any inventioncombining the concepts of movable objects cooperating with “real images”where the images are viewable from a 360 degree viewpoint such that onecan walk around the image and see the movement, or if in the movingobject can look at the approaching object and view the object upondeparture from its image field. The view is not merely of an object incolor with a perception of depth; the object is visible and examinableby the human eye as a fully three-dimensional object with no los ofdepth or stereoscopic integrity.

Monroe, U.S. Pat. No. 5,257,130, Oct. 26, 1993, appears to be the mostapplicable prior art, but uses parabolic reflectors to project twodimensional images onto a screen to be viewed by a rider in an amusementride. No three dimensional aspect is involved. There is suggested lasertechnology generating holograms, but lasers and viewing them have safetyissues which the invention does not present. Welck, U.S. Pat. No.4,802,750, Feb. 7, 1989 discussed the portrayal of a virtual image onthe optical axis, but the use of offset parabolas restricts the abilityto fully, from all around the object, to see the object and work withand/or portray it. The seminal art involving parabolic reflectorsgenerating a real image from an object with the parabolic mirrorassembly is that of Ellings et al, U.S. Pat. No. 3,647,284, Mar. 7,1972. As described by Welck '750, Ellings '284 creates an image floatingabove the parabolic mirror assembly. This invention is designed to usevarious objects to cooperate with the Ellings art and create novelnovelty devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is the object of the invention to create a simple method to make adisplay comprising a real image created by placing an object at a firstfocal point of a pair of symmetrical circular parabolic mirrors whichmirrors then cast a three dimensional real image in color at the secondfocal point of the mirrors so that if a central hole is created in thesecond mirror centered on that second focal point, the three dimensionalreal image appears outside the mirrors and if then is added to thedisplay a solid device which periodically passes through this real imagea visually improbable event seems to occur. Such a periodically passingbut non-limiting arrangement can be one end of a pendulum of aclockworks mounted either over or under the real image and the mirrorsor in another embodiment an object running around a circular trackintersecting periodically with the real image. Since the real image isformed by ordinary light, it does not require special viewing devices tobe seen by the viewer's(s') eyes nor does it require protective devicesfor the eyes if illuminated by normal lighting levels or less.Illumination may be accomplished by any electromagnetic radiation thatthe mirror will reflect. If converted to visible light, or illuminatedby visible light, then the real image can be perceived by the human eyeor a visible light sensitive device such as a camera. By contrast, aholographic display involving laser light would require eye protection.There is no requirement of collimated light for this invention as isneeded for a hologram or holographic presentation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of an exemplary pair of parabolic mirrorscontaining an object whose real image is cast through an opening oraperture above (or below if the pair is reversed) the mirrors. The imageis only optimally visible when the viewer's eyes are at an angle between30 and 60 degrees above a real image in a 360 degree circle around theobject. The mirrors with the contained object can be tilted to changethe location of this viewing angle.

FIG. 2 is a frontal elevational view of the exemplary mirrors and imagemounted under an exemplary clockworks with a resting pendulum end or asif the pendulum were in the moment of passage through the real image.

FIG. 3 is a frontal elevational view of the exemplary mirrors and imagemounted over an exemplary clockworks with a pendulum end which ispassing through the image.

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the exemplary mirrors and image mountedunder an exemplary clockworks with a pendulum end which is about to passthrough the image.

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of an exemplary assembly where a mountingplate, a skirt and a beam creating lighting device (which enhances thesolid appearance of the real image) are added to the group of themirrors and a clockworks where the said clockworks are mounted over themirrors and real image.

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the exemplary mirrors and image where adevice rotating on an arm passes through the image on a periodic basis.

FIG. 7 shows a configuration of an amusement park ride where a rider isin an initial position and then moving forward on a track with his orher eye approaching the object between 30 and 60 degrees above thehorizontal. The rider believes and sees him or herself to be riding intoand ultimately through a real image view, a fully stereoscopicallyperceived solid object, in this instance the figure shows a model of theStatue of Liberty.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a frontalelevational view of a non-limiting way to create a real image by themeans of commercially available parabolic mirrors. The word “real image”is the standard usage in literature to describe the image of the objectresulting from the actual object via the parabolic mirrors. If an object(3) or a landscape of one or more objects (the word “object” shallinclude a landscape or display of one or more objects) is placed on theinside focal point of a parabolic mirror (1) and another matchingparabolic mirror (2) with an opening (5) in its center is placed withthe opening away from and onsite to the mirror (1), the ambient lightstriking the object (3) will reflect inside the mirrors on paths (9) and(10) to create a real image (4) of the object at the middle and aboveopening (5) containing the focal point of mirror (1). The real image mayalso be thought of as a virtual image. The image of the object isabsolutely visually accurate in three dimensions despite being somedistance from the object. If the aperture is in the upper mirror, theimage is optimally perceived only in an angle of viewing (22), 30 to 60degrees above the plane of the opening in the center of mirror (2). Thatplane will be referred to as the “horizontal plane,” for description ofthe angle of viewing, but there is no requirement the plane behorizontal, and the mirrors can be tipped or angled. As long as theobserver is within the 30 to 60 degrees angle of viewing, the anglebeing from the horizontal plane above the opening, the observer can movecircumferentially around the real image and perceive all sides of theimage as if it were a solid object. While thirty to sixty degrees ofoptimal viewing may seem to be an undesirable limitation, the limitationcan be alleviated by the placement of the mirrors at an angle or byhanging from an overhead support which reduces this limitation in actualpractice a great deal. Also as noted below a skirt or skirts can beadded to force the onlooker to use the optimum angle to view the realimage. The maximum dimensions of the object (3) are limited toapproximately one ninth of the diameter of the particular mirrorsutilized in this embodiment. The technically achievable mirror and imagesize can be very large dependent only on the size of the mirror. Iflarger than about one ninth of the mirror diameter in the particularmirrors used for the illustration of the preferred embodiment of theinvention , the real image (4) may not be seen as complete. However anyobject (3) which meets this size limitation can be employed in theassembly but the more solid the object (3) and the sharper the image,the more impressive the illusion. The mirrors can be turned upside downso the opening or aperture faces downward in which case the real imageappears below the horizontal plane. The object itself would then besuspended or attached in some fashion.

An alternate preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 2 which shows anembodiment of a frontal elevational view of the mirror pair (1,2) andthe imaged object (3) at the lower focal point and the real image (4)residing in the opening (or aperture) (5) with an exemplary clockworks(7) mounted on support structure (6) which resides over and beside andis attached to the mirrors (1,2). The clockworks (7) is equipped with aswinging pendulum (8) with tips (24) and (25), the lower tip (25)resting by gravity in the real image when inactive or as if during theprecise moment of passage through the real image when the pendulum is inmotion as indicated by the curve with arrows (11). The combined effectof the two images, one an optical real image, and the other an actualobject is very persuasive that both of the images represent solidobjects. As one image approaches the other the collision is anticipatedbut never occurs and the unreality of the “real” image impresses theviewer sometimes to the point of unbelief or even fear.

Another preferred embodiment is in FIG. 3 which is a frontal elevationalview of the mirror pair (1,2) with the attached imaged object (3) at thefocal point of mirror (2) and the real image (4) residing in the opening(5) with an exemplary clockworks (7) mounted on support structure (6)which resides under and beside and is attached to the mirrors (1,2). Theclockworks (7) is equipped with a swinging pendulum (8) with tips (24)and (25), here shown ornamented, the upper tip (here extended)illustrated as if during the precise moment of passage through the realimage when the pendulum is in motion as indicated by the curve witharrows (11). The structure (6) and mirror (1) are attached to support(12) which in turn is attached to a ceiling or other surface (13). Inpendulum clocks the pendulum can be extended in many designs so that thependulum shaft projects upwards even though the principal action of thependulum swing is controlled by the lower pendulum and by gravity andthe clockworks. Thus in this variant of the possible assemblies anupward simple or ornamented pendulum extension can serve as the solidobject passing through the real image as the clockworks and the pendulumactuator operate.

Another preferred embodiment as in the frontal elevational view in FIG.4 is the mirror pair (1,2) and the imaged object (3) at the lower focalpoint and the real image (4) residing in the opening (5) with anexemplary clockworks (7) mounted on support structure (6) which residesover and beside and is attached to the mirrors (1,2). The clockworks (7)is equipped with a swinging pendulum (8) with tips (24) and (25), thelower tip (25) about to pass through the real image as the pendulumswings along its downward path of motion as indicated by the curve witharrow (11). This figure illustrates the assembly when the movingpendulum in this case is not in the center position when the clockworksand pendulum actuator are operating.

Another embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 5 in a partiallycross-sectional frontal elevational view of the mirror pair (1,2) andthe imaged object (3) residing below in the opening (5) and the realimage (4) appearing above the imaged object with an exemplary clockworks(7) mounted on support structure (6) which resides over and beside andis attached to the mirrors (1,2) and a base plate (14). The clockworks(7) is equipped with a swinging pendulum (8) with tips (9) and (10), thelower tip (10) about to pass through the real image as the pendulumswings along its downward path of motion as indicated by the curve witharrow (11). The assembly is enhanced structurally and visually by anattractive, perhaps reflective skirt (26) around the mirror section, allmounted on the base (14). A beam, preferably the width of the realimage, cast by a light source such as but not limited to a small batterypowered flashlight with either an incandescent bulb or an LED lightsource or a small 12 volt light is mounted on the clock supportstructure so as to shine on the real image (4) which lightingsurprisingly enhances the solid appearance of real image (4)significantly. This use of a skirt (26) encourages the observer to viewthe display only in the thirty to sixty degree arc above the horizontalplane of optimal viewing as intended in the design and also can bedecorative, enhancing the attractiveness of the assembly. Optimally, theskirt has a top edge which is on the upper ray of a 30 degree anglewhose horizontal ray corresponds to the top of the mirror with a hole init. The clockworks and the light source can be battery operated orconnected to a source of power such as a household outlet. The presenceof the larger base makes the whole assembly more stable and can beattractively decorated or of a modified form such as having a scallopededge. The base can also be structured so as to tilt the assembly to anyangle desired.

Another preferred embodiment is in FIG. 6 as an exemplary elevationalview. A different approach to creating the illusion is shown. The mirrorpair (1,2) accomplishes the real image (4) appearing above the opening(5) with an exemplary rotating arm 10 mounted on support structure (6)which resides over and beside and is attached to the mirrors (1,2). Therotating arm (28) operated by a miniature motor assembly and case (20)supports and guides a mobile object (21) causing object (21) to passthrough the real image as the object (21) goes around the circle in apath of motion as indicated by the arrow (24). Another design approachcould also be used where the moving solid object (21) comprises or isattached to or is resting in a small vehicle on a track so it passesthrough the real image (4). If the track has two rails it must straddlethe central opening (5) or the real image will be partially obscureddiminishing the visual impact of the display. The moving object (21)could be a small model airplane or any other of a variety of objects.The motor operating the arm and any other part required for theoperation of the assembly can be either powered by a battery or byconnection to a utility power line or household outlet or a solar cellpower source or even a wound spring.

Since the real image is formed by ordinary light, it does not requirespecial viewing devices for the viewer' s(s')s eyes to be seen nor doesit require protective devices for the eyes if illuminated by normalbuilding lighting levels or less. Illumination may be accomplished byany electromagnetic radiation that the mirror will reflect. If convertedto visible light, or illuminated by visible light, then the real imagecan be perceived by the human eye or a visible light sensitive devicesuch as a camera. By contrast, a holographic display involving laserlight would require eye protection. If illuminated by infrared orultraviolet light, the image would be perceived in those wavelengths. Ifthe image by its nature changes the wavelength of the incident light tovisible light, such as by fluorescence, then the image could be seen inthe visible light spectrum.

FIG. 7 shows a rider (23) sitting in a vehicle or car (15) riding on atrack (16). The sightline (19) of the rider (23) is between angle ofviewing (22) of 30 and 60 degrees above the horizontal plane of theaperture of the parabolic mirror combination, also referred to as thebase image portrayal device. The rider perceives him or herselfliterally smashing into the stereoscopic high quality real image (18) ofthe model of the Statute of Liberty, the actual object (17) beingsituated adjacent to the lower parabolic mirror.

A preferred embodiment includes an image casting means such as but isnot limited to the approximately nine inch parabolic mirror pair whichis available from Optigone International of St. Louis, Mo. and Ojai,Calif. through www.optigone.com/order.htm and the company's dealernetwork. These particular mirrors can be either nine inches or twentytwo inches in diameter, the larger capable of creating a more powerfuleffect. The real image can be created with any object approximately oneninth in each dimension of the diameter of the mirror pair used in thepreferred embodiment. A preferred periodic oscillating device topenetrate the real image is at least one pendulum driven by a clockmovement. The required clock movements and associated parts includingspecial pendulums can be obtained from Klockit® clockmakers supply ofLake Geneva, Wis. including through their website at www.klockit.com, or1-800-556-2548 or similar clock parts suppliers or Michaels, Inc., whichhas stores throughout the United States and is based in Irving, Tex.Support structures on which to mount the mirrors and the clockworks canbe custom made in a non-limiting description from wood or metal asdesired to create an attractive design. Wood bases can be obtained fromretail vendors such as Michaels, Inc. or cut from wood pieces obtainedat lumber suppliers or specialty stores. The skirts can be made andcemented or taped together from copper or aluminum flashing availablefrom building suppliers such as Home Depot, Inc of Atlanta, Ga. orLowes, Inc. of Mooresville, N.C., or thin wood such as veneers or othermetal or plastic sheeting. The skirt, which if titanium or aluminum canbe anodized, can be enhanced by colored or aluminized decorative polymeror metal sheeting cut to size or special shapes and laminated orcemented to the skirt or other parts. Preferably the skirt or skirtswill be of such a height as to limit the angle of viewing to the optimalangle. Lighting devices, systems and battery operated flashlights can beobtained from electrical lighting stores or Lowes, Inc. as examples. Themotors and lights can be powered by batteries in appropriate holders, orconnected to household outlets or utility lines or solar cell power oreven powered by springs and generators. Large size designs would requirecustom manufacture but the principles of the designs would remain thesame.

Another preferred embodiment with an object moving on an arm or a trackmust include an image casting means such as but not limited to theparabolic mirror pair which is available from Optigone Internationalthrough www.optigone.com/order.htm and the company's dealer network.These particular mirrors can be either nine inches or twenty two inchesin diameter, the larger capable of creating a more powerful effect. Thereal image can be created with any object approximately one ninth ineach dimension of the diameter of the mirror pair. If required the clockmovements and associated parts including special pendulums can beobtained from Klockit® at www.klockit.com or 1-800-556-2548 or similarclock parts suppliers or Michaels, Inc. Other motor drives are availableas device drivers from Klockit® or Michaels, Inc. or in a variety offorms from a supplier such as James Electronics, LTD, 1355 Shoreway Rd.Belmont, Calif. 94002-4100. Support structures on which to mount theexemplary mirrors, clockworks, motors, lights and other design featuresdesired can be custom made in a non-limiting description from wood ormetal strips, dowels or tubing as desired to create an attractivedesign. Wood or metal bases can be obtained from retail vendors such asMichaels, Inc. or cut from wood or metal pieces obtained at lumber andhardware suppliers or specialty stores. One or more skirts can be madeand cemented or taped together from copper or aluminum flashingavailable from building suppliers such as Home Depot, Inc or Lowes, Inc.or thin wood such as veneers or other metal or plastic sheeting. Such askirt, which if titanium or aluminum can be anodized, can be enhanced bycolored or aluminized decorative polymer or metal sheeting cut to sizeor special shapes and laminated or cemented to the skirt or other parts.Ideally the skirt should be of such a height as to oblige the viewer tosee the moving part or parts from the optimal 30 degree angle. Lightingdevices, systems and battery operated flashlights can be obtained fromelectrical lighting stores or Lowes, Inc. as examples. The motors andlights can be powered by batteries in appropriate holders, or connectedto household outlets or utility lines or solar cell power or evenpowered by springs and generators. The one or more rotating arms or thetracks can be made from wood doweling or metal tubing or strips andother fasteners and decorative features from sources such as Michaels,Inc., JoAnn Fabrics, Inc. of Cleveland Ohio, with a nationwide chain ofstores, or Hobby Lobby, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Okla. or industrialsuppliers. One or more skirts and a base could be added to the design ifdesired as noted previously. Large size designs would require custommanufacture but the principles of the designs would remain the same. Theprinciples applicable to a clock can relate to any object which isproposed to be passed through the “real image.”

A further embodiment is to create an amusement park ride. A rider wouldhave the incredible experience, if approaching the image from an angle30 degrees to 60 degrees from the plane formed by the aperture of theparabolic mirror through which the image is appearing of seeing whatappeared to be a solid object and then apparently smashing into theobject and passing through it, and if unconvinced and if emerging at a30 degree to 60 degree angle, looking back behind and seeing the objectagain appearing fully solid. The ride could be a small vehicle withmultiple persons, or a single rider vehicle guided on a track.

The experience could be further enhanced by making copies of the objectwhich is portrayed in the real image. By disposing other paraboliccombinations around the base image parabolic combination, and disposingthe just described copy in parallel to the original object, andadjusting the object and parabolic combination so the images from thevarious parabolic combinations are coincident, the shadow generated overthe light from the illuminated image as a track or ride passed over thesecond mirror aperture would be lessened or eliminated and the visualexperience enhanced. By placing four parabolic combinations, and even afifth top parabolic combination, one could virtually eliminate shadowingand create a very surreal experience.

The embodiments represented herein are only a few of the manyembodiments and modifications that a practitioner reasonably skilled inthe art could make or use. The invention is not limited to theseembodiments. Alternative embodiments and modifications which would stillbe encompassed by the invention may be made by those skilled in the art,particularly in light of the foregoing teachings. Therefore, thefollowing claims are intended to cover any alternative embodiments,modifications or equivalents which may be included within the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed.

1. A novelty device comprising: a clock having moving parts includingpendulum; a first concave parabolic mirror having a central axis fromthe center of the mirror to the focal point of the mirror and said firstmirror being outwardly convex from said focal point; a second concaveparabolic mirror having a central axis from the center of the mirror tothe focal point of the mirror and said first mirror being outwardlyconvex from said focal point; said central axis of said second mirrorbeing coincident to said central axis of said first mirror; said firstconcave parabolic mirror being disposed adjacent to said second concaveparabolic mirror, and said outwardly convex portions from each saidmirror being disposed opposite to each other; said second parabolicmirror having an aperture about and perpendicular to said central axisof said first and second mirrors, and said aperture having a perimeter,and the circumference of said perimeter forming a plane; a firstilluminated object disposed between said mirrors and disposed adjacentto said first parabolic mirror within the imaginary cone formed by saidperimeter of said aperture and said focal point of said second parabolicmirror, said combination thereby producing a real image being a highquality three-dimensional copy of said first illuminated object; saidreal image being perceptible for 360 degrees around said central axis byan observer exterior to said second mirror at an angle of perception 30to 60 degrees above said plane looking toward said central axis, saidangle of perception having an apex located at the intersection of saidcentral axis and said plane; at least one of said moving parts of saidclock periodically passing through said real image of said firstilluminated object so that it appears that the said at least one movingpart is improbably slicing said first illuminated object without damageto said real image, said first illuminated object or said at least oneof said moving parts.
 2. The novelty device according to claim 1,further comprising: said first mirror having a first mirror aperturecentered on and perpendicular to said central axis of a diameter lessthan or equal to said aperture on said second mirror enabling insertion,change, and substitution of said first illuminated object therebyenabling a moving and changing presentation of said real image.
 3. Thenovelty device according to claim 2, further comprising: said firstmirror aperture having a flat plate placed in it, and said illuminatedobject being disposed adjacent to said flat plate
 4. The novelty deviceaccording to any one of claims 1 through 3, further comprising: saidilluminated object being a holographic presentation of said illuminatedobject.
 5. The novelty device according to any one of claims 1 through3, further comprising: said aperture of said second parabolic mirrorhaving a screen so that special effects can be added to said image orthe first illuminated object can be partially obscured.
 6. The noveltydevice according to any one of claims 1 through 3, further comprising:said aperture of said second parabolic mirror having a lens formodifying the size of said real image.
 7. A novelty device, being anamusement park ride, whereby a rider approaches a high qualitythree-dimensional copy of a first illuminated object and passes throughsaid copy without damage to said rider, comprising: a first componentbeing an image portrayal device, said image portrayal device having afirst concave parabolic mirror having a central axis from the center ofthe mirror to the focal point of the mirror and said first mirror beingoutwardly convex from said focal point; said image portrayal devicefurther having a second concave parabolic mirror having a central axisfrom the center of the mirror to the focal point of the mirror and saidfirst mirror being outwardly convex from said focal point; said centralaxis of said second mirror being coincident to said central axis of saidfirst mirror; in said image portrayal device, said first concaveparabolic mirror being disposed adjacent to said second concaveparabolic mirror, and said outwardly convex portions from each saidmirror being disposed opposite to each other; in said image portrayaldevice, said second parabolic mirror having an aperture about andperpendicular to said central axis of said first and second mirrors, andsaid aperture having a perimeter, and the circumference of saidperimeter forming a plane; said image portrayal device further having afirst illuminated object disposed between said mirrors and disposedadjacent to said first parabolic mirror within the imaginary cone formedby said perimeter of said aperture and said focal point of said secondparabolic mirror, said combination thereby producing a real image beinga high quality three-dimensional copy of said first illuminated object;in said image portrayal device, said real image being perceptible for360 degrees around said central axis by an observer exterior to saidsecond mirror at an angle of perception 30 to 60 degrees above saidplane looking toward said central axis, said angle of perception havingan apex located at the intersection of said central axis and said plane;and said novelty device having a second component being a track capableof guiding at least one vehicle, including guiding said vehicle havingat least one rider, said track being disposed to approach said realimage so that the eye of said rider is within said angle of perceptionso that as said vehicle approaches said real image within said angle ofperception, any said rider in said vehicle approaches and passes throughsaid real image.
 8. The novelty device according to claim 7, furthercomprising: said first mirror having a first mirror aperture centered onand perpendicular to said central axis of a diameter less than or equalto said aperture on said second mirror enabling insertion, change, andsubstitution of said first illuminated object thereby enabling a movingand changing presentation of said real image.
 9. The novelty deviceaccording to claim 8, further comprising: said first mirror aperturehaving a flat plate placed in it, and said illuminated object beingdisposed adjacent to said flat plate.
 10. The novelty device accordingto claim 9, further comprising: said track being disposed to depart saidreal image so that said the eye of said rider, if the rider turnsbackward, can perceive said real image which said rider has apparentlysmashed through without any necessity of a projector or projectionscreen nor the necessity of a laser or holographic presentation.
 11. Thenovelty device to as in any one of claims 7 through 10, furthercomprising: said image portrayal device being referred to as a baseimage portrayal device; at least one additional image portrayal device;said at least one additional image portrayal device being disposedexterior to said base image portrayal device, and being disposed so thatsaid central axis of said at least one additional image portrayal deviceis perpendicular to said central axis of said base image portrayaldevice; said at least one additional image portrayal device having acopy of said first illuminated object disposed within said at least oneadditional image portrayal device parallel to said first illuminatedobject disposed in said base image portrayal device; said at least oneadditional image portrayal device being disposed, and said copy of saidfirst illuminated object disposed with said at least one additionalimage portrayal device further being collectively disposed at an anglebetween 30 degrees and 60 degrees from the plane parallel to said trackas said track passes through said central axis of said base imageportrayal device, and further being collectively disposed so that saidreal image from said additional image portrayal device is coincidentwith said real image from said base image portrayal device; therebyenhancing the ride experience of any said rider by diminishing anyshadow cast by said vehicle as said vehicle approaches and crosses saidcentral axis of said base image portrayal device.
 12. The novelty deviceas in any one of claims 7 through 10, further comprising: saidilluminated object being a holographic presentation of said illuminatedobject.
 13. The novelty device as in any one of claims 7 through 10,further comprising: said aperture of said second parabolic mirror havinga screen so that special effects can be added to said image or the firstilluminated object can be partially obscured.
 14. The novelty device asin any one of claims 7 through 10, further comprising: said aperture ofsaid second parabolic mirror having a lens for modifying the size ofsaid real image.